AUCKLAND, Today: Final-year advertising and marketing students from Auckland University will go head-to-head with peers across Australia in the 2025 Advertising Capstone Challenge, which officially kicks off this week with Ogilvy and MILO named as this year’s industry partners.

AUCKLAND, Today: JCDecaux is beefing up its SMARTFRAME network with two new digital portrait sites at Northlands shopping centre in Christchurch—right in the heart of serious retail foot traffic.

AUSTRALIA, Today: The Marketing Club (TMC) has officially landed in Australia, bringing a fresh, no-BS approach to community-building for marketers in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne.

AUCKLAND, Today: Go Media has just introduced TrackSide – a sleek 5.5-metre ad strip placed between the windows and doors on both sides of Wellington’s commuter trains.

AUCKLAND, Today: Just in time for Matariki, KŌKĀ is lighting up more than 100 cinemas across Aotearoa, bringing a powerful te reo Māori story to the big screen.

AUCKLAND, Today: The NZ Podcast Awards are back for 2025, this time with global podcast giant Acast on board as Headline Partner. It’s the fifth edition—and it’s going to be the biggest one yet.

AUCKLAND, Today: Wai Mānuka, the Mānuka honey-infused beverage brand, has been named the first-ever recipient of the Te Whakatairanga Grant by oOh!media NZ and Whāriki Māori Business Network.

AUCKLAND, Today: Fresh off its win for Best Finance & Business Podcast, Where’s My Money is back for Season 4—streaming now on rova and all the major podcast platforms.

AUCKLAND, Today: One NZ has dropped the second chapter of Finding Jade — the emotional, slightly oddball connection story that first captured attention in May last year, created by FCB Aotearoa.